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April 18, 2013 in
Africa Expat
Situated at an altitude of 2,400m, Addis Ababa is Africa’s loftiest capital. Its temperate highland climate often confounds visitors whose expectations of Ethiopia are all heat, dust and desert. Who would have thought, for instance, that the Ethiopian capital typically receives as much rainfall between June and September as London would in an entire year.
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May 8, 2012 in
Asia Expat
Asia is known for its mix of new and old, traditional and modern, hip and historical. Singapore is an exception; a city-state less than a century old, it’s more new than old, especially when it comes to architecture. When it comes to the country’s shopping malls, “new” usually means built within the past two years,
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April 4, 2012 in
Asia Expat
South Korea is a crowded country, with almost 50 million people living in an area about the size of the US state of Indiana. Approximately 90% of that land is mountainous, meaning that the Koreans have had to use space ingeniously to make room for everybody. This means mostly building up instead of out. While 